Automotive

Leoni now offers a solid aluminium conductor for the motor vehicle industry to wire the battery as an alternative to the common copper cable. It can be shaped in three dimensions and weighs only about half as much as the conventional component. Leoni will present this product for the first time at the IAA International Motor Show in Frankfurt, together with other lightweight construction solutions.

NXP Semiconductors announced the release of a new generation of automotive position sensors, KMA210. The KMA210 incorporates NXP’s latest magnetoresistive sensor chip and a unique signal conditioning ASIC developed in NXP’s advanced Silicon on Insulator (SOI) ABCD9 process technology. It is the first of a new magnetic sensor family in a full system-in-package solution that requires no external components. KMA210 is specially designed to impro...

Rutronik Elektronische Bauelemente GmbH will now be distributing the entire Renesas product range throughout Europe. Both companies are working together with particular intensity in the automotive sector: Renesas Electronics has selected Rutronik as its strategic automotive distributor for all of Europe. This means that Rutronik can now also supply automotive customers not previously directly served by Renesas. Other focus markets include Industr...

Silicon Laboratories Inc introduced a family of digital isolators that offers the highest channel count, performance and data rate for demanding applications with isolation ratings up to 5 kV. The new Si86xx 3.75 kV and 5 kV digital isolators replace optocouplers in target applications requiring robust operation and high levels of insulation protection. With its 5 kV rating, the Si86xx family offers an ideal isolation solution for systems powered...

Yamaichi Electronics introduces the BEC-0.5-230-S9-xF-R-EDC, a board-edge connector for MXM/QSeven applications developed and tested especially for the automotive industry. This 90° SMT connector with 230 contacts and a 0.5mm pitch has outstanding features.

With the SPVQ4H series, Alps Electric Europe GmbH offers waterproof detector switches for automotive, industrial and home applications. The actuator-type switches are remarkable for their high contact reliability at micro-current range and a long operating life of 300,000 switching cycles. They have compact dimensions of 19.0mm x 5.4mm x 9.4 mm (W x D x H). Together with the actuator they provide a height of 18mm. The necessary operating force ac...

Melexis today launches its 3rd generation of contactless MEMs infrared temperature sensors. The high accuracy of the newest member of the MLX90614 family makes it suitable for limitless applications in automotive, medical, industrial and consumer markets.

Melexis today announces the launch of a really cool driving solution for silent brushless cooling fans. The MLX90285 provides a robust, high performance and fully integrated Hall effect based fan driver IC, including technology lowering both acoustic and electrical noise. This device is ready to serve demanding cooling requirements in office equipment or consumer electronics such as Laser Printers, Projectors or Flat-Screen Televisions.

The MLX90807 and MLX90808 fully integrated, relative and absolute pressure sensor die are realized with CMOS technology combined with MEMS bulk micromachining. These monolithic solutions are both fully automotive qualified. Each consists of a silicon membrane with piezoresistors to transform the stress induced by pressure into an electrical signal. An analog signal chain interacting with a digital core, including programmable memory, allows full ...

Intelligent controls in automobile convenience and safety systems continue to enhance the driving experience. Automatic windshield wipers bring increased driver convenience and enhanced vision quality by reacting autonomously when mist, fog, rain or road spray begin to obstruct light transmission through the front windshield. Early generation reference designs rely on discrete sensing schemes or ASIC based sensor modules. Melexis new MLX75308 Rai...